Answers.
crime correct answers Any social harm defined and made punishable by law
Tort correct answers A civil wrong for which a remedy can be obtained in the form of
damages
Principals correct answers person or persons participating in the criminal act, or actively
participating in the commission of a crime. examples:
-All persons advising, inciting or conniving at the offense(helping plan)
-Aiding or abetting (assisting, encouraging, inciting)
Accessory after the fact (penalty) correct answers Someone who has knowledge that a person
committed a crime received, relieves, comforts or assists that person with the intent to hinder
or prevent apprehension, trial or punishment.
-Penalty for accessory after the fact: half what the principal gets, unless principal is sentenced
to life, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years for the accessory.
Fourth Amendment correct answers Protects Americans against Unreasonable searches and
seizures by the government.
Sixth Amendment correct answers Right to public, speedy trial by an impartial jury of your
peers
Eight Amendment correct answers forbids excessive bail and cruel or unusual punishment
Fifth Amendment correct answers prohibits government from forcing individuals to testify
against themselves.
-Pleading the fifth
probable cause correct answers A set of circumstances that would lead a reasonable and
prudent police officer to believe that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed
and that a specific person committed it.
Criminal intent correct answers Mens Rea or Actus Reus; an intent to commit an act without
any justification.
Writ of Assistance correct answers A formal written order issued by a body with
administrative or judicial jurisdiction.
-Originated in ancient legal history, eventually used by the British to conduct searches and
seizures of private property without justification.
Criminal act correct answers Actus reus; guilty act
-Positive Act
-Negative act
Positive Act correct answers Voluntary; physical bodily action which violates the law